120Dealing with substance—registered medical practitioner

120 Dealing with substance—registered medical practitioner

(1) A registered medical practitioner who does not hold a warrant must not purchase, obtain, issue a prescription for, write a chart instruction for, give a verbal instruction or order for, sell, supply, administer or authorise the administration of a substance to which this Part applies except in accordance with regulation 123.

Regulation 123 authorises a registered medical practitioner who does not hold a warrant to do certain things as directed by a registered medical practitioner who does hold a warrant.

(2) A registered medical practitioner who holds a warrant for a substance to which this Part applies may—

(a) issue a prescription for that substance in accordance with regulation 17; and

Reg. 120(2)(b) amended by S.R. No. 20/2023 reg. 14.

(b) issue a verbal instruction or a digital image of an original prescription to a pharmacist to supply that substance in accordance with regulation 25 or 25A.; and

(c) write a chart instruction for that substance in accordance with regulation 30; and

(d) give an order for the sale or supply of that substance; and

(e) sell or supply that substance in accordance with regulation 36; and

Reg. 120(2)(f) amended by S.R. No. 124/2025 reg. 38.

(f) authorise the administration of that substance in accordance with regulation 84 or 84A; and

(g) administer that substance in accordance with regulation 88; and

(h) give a direction to another registered medical practitioner to deal with that substance in accordance with regulation 123 in relation to a specified patient; and

(i) give a direction to a nurse practitioner to deal with that substance in accordance with regulation 124 in relation to a specified patient.